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POV20: People in Families With Related Children Under 6 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		39,210 7,636 19.5 32,825 4,307 13.1 1,752 560 32.0 4,633 2,768 59.7
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		7,191 2,816 39.2 5,668 1,674 29.5 298 171 57.5 1,225 971 79.2
People in families with a working householder (16) 32,018 4,820 15.1 27,157 2,633 9.7 1,453 389 26.8 3,408 1,798 52.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,092 3,153 34.7 5,368 1,216 22.6 1,117 366 32.7 2,607 1,572 60.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		22,926 1,667 7.3 21,789 1,417 6.5 336 23 7.0 801 226 28.2
          Householder plus one other worker 20,388 1,531 7.5 19,552 1,317 6.7 237 16 6.8 599 199 33.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,538 135 5.3 2,237 101 4.5 100 7 7.4 201 27 13.5
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		22,687 2,134 9.4 19,905 1,351 6.8 1,006 196 19.5 1,776 586 33.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,670 1,519 22.8 4,582 824 18.0 786 185 23.6 1,302 509 39.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		16,017 615 3.8 15,323 527 3.4 220 11 5.1 475 77 16.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		8,986 201 2.2 8,704 181 2.1 81 0 0.0 201 19 9.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,031 382 6.3 5,703 326 5.7 104 11 10.7 224 45 20.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,000 32 3.2 916 19 2.1 34 0 (B) 50 13 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		21,190 1,307 6.2 21,190 1,307 6.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 856 314 36.6 856 314 36.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,163 2,275 22.4 10,163 2,275 22.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		9,276 181 2.0 9,276 181 2.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,054 273 13.3 2,054 273 13.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,624 2,101 11.9 17,624 2,101 11.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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